Joshua Cohen is charged with bagel family killings

Joshua Cohen, 27, was arrested on Saturday after the deaths of his mother and sisterPRESS ASSOCIATION

A man arrested in a London park on Saturday has been charged with murder after his mother and sister were fatally stabbed.

Police were called to the family home in Golders Green, north London, on Friday evening. Leah Cohen, 66, and, Hannah, 33, were found with stab wounds and were declared dead at the scene.

After a public appeal, Joshua Cohen, 27, was arrested in north London on Saturday afternoon. The Metropolitan Police said that he had recently shaved off his hair and eyebrows. It is believed that he lived in a converted garage behind the house.

The family owns Beigel Bake, a 24-hour bakery on Brick Lane, east London, well-known for its salt beef bagels.